Radical Midwestern Adventurer Seeks Friends & Council!

HalfNHalf · Post by **HalfNHalf** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:40 am

Hello former and future residents of BRC!

Iâ€™m KS.. Half-n-Half.. or 1/2 for short.. Call me whatever you want.. Iâ€™m an adventurer from the Ozarks and I started preparing today for my virgin Exodus to BRC in â€™09. Iâ€™ve been to many local festivals 5-10,000 attendees, mostly for music and partying, but I have a resolute and lustful yearning to experience BM.

I keep a print-out of the survival-guide in my bathroom for relaxing daily reading so I most likely donâ€™t need the usual â€œoutsiderâ€

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 2:28 am

Have you been to the regional in your area?

Welcome to the fun.

Post by **Elderberry** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:12 am

Hey there HalfNHalf, welcome to eplaya.

Sounds like you already have a good handle on things. See you on the playa.

JK

HalfNHalf · Post by **HalfNHalf** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 2:56 pm

I have not been to the regional here, I joined Midwest Burners online to get the scoop on the local burner scene and haven't heard anything back yet. Is going un-affiliated much different than being with a camp?

Post by **Elderberry** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 3:12 pm

HalfNHalf wrote: Is going un-affiliated much different than being with a camp?

Yes. If you are with a camp, that usually requires some form of participation commensurate with the type of camp.

If you are un-affiliated, you only have to be responsible for yourself.

Which is 'better'? I guess that depends on your personality--loner or joiner. I know people that some years like to go un-affiliated and other years join a camp.

Personally I've always been with a theme camp and look forward to helping plan and build the camp, and meeting up with my BM family each year.

JK

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 3:31 pm

Def. check out a regional if you can, to get more of a taste of what its like. Once you get to the burn all you'll taste is dust. Mmmmm, makes my beer thicker

Look for local meet and greets in your area. It's a great way to meet people before hand and get their perspective. Hang around eplaya. Also check out tribe, careful though, the burning man tribe is experiencing a mild revolution right now. Remember, these words...duck and cover, duck and cover

Heres a list of regionals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_re ... Man_events

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:56 pm

I think there's a midwestern burners tribe on tribe.net.

HalfNHalf · Post by **HalfNHalf** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:43 pm

..there are at least two here in Missouri. I joined Gateway Burners. Thanks.

alaine · Post by **alaine** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:44 pm

what's the deal with all the crazy mid-westerners..?

and I joined Gateway Burners..

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:46 am

jkisha wrote:Hey there HalfNHalf, welcome to eplaya.

Sounds like you already have a good handle on things. See you on the playa.

JK

Oh JK, you do so give us the fodder

Post by **Elderberry** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:09 am

Sail Man wrote:
jkisha wrote:Hey there HalfNHalf, welcome to eplaya.

Sounds like you already have a good handle on things. See you on the playa.

JK
Oh JK, you do so give us the fodder

LOL certainly no pun was intended.

...and to think some admin switched out my avatar for that one years ago on another forum to bust my balls, thinking I would see it and change it immediately! I've used it ever since.

JK

HalfNHalf · Post by **HalfNHalf** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:01 am

Alaine is the one to consult about [b]handling[/b] things and [b]busting balls[/b]. Isn't that right Alie?

alaine · Post by **alaine** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:34 pm

Bloody hell Ky.. you're a whore ;)

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:49 pm

HalfNHalf wrote:..there are at least two here in Missouri. I joined Gateway Burners. Thanks.

Oh, Missouri's crawling with them. Look out for Rhino. I forgot the regional's name, but they say good things about it.

By the way, you can turn on BBCode under options on the "posting" page.

alaine · Post by **alaine** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:01 pm

i have a feeling the inner freak and crazy will no longer be something confined..

embrace..

HalfNHalf · Post by **HalfNHalf** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:13 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:By the way, you can turn on BBCode under options on the "posting" page.

See.. what would I do without you guys?!

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:33 pm

so, you're the acid guy...........

HalfNHalf · Post by **HalfNHalf** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:20 am

Uh oh.. I'm not sure if that's how I want to make a name for myself around here. Drugs are so secondary to the other things you can experience in this life.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:04 am

Drugs are so secondary to the other things you can experience in this life.

such as Naked Mah-Jong?

now THATS livin'....

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:09 am

alaine wrote:what's the deal with all the crazy mid-westerners..?.

Ummm, its a long cold lonely winter and there's lots of alcohol around?

alaine · Post by **alaine** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:57 pm

Sail Man wrote:
alaine wrote:what's the deal with all the crazy mid-westerners..?.
Ummm, its a long cold lonely winter and there's lots of alcohol around?

VERY VERY true..

it's lonely.. cold.. and we have a vast amount of alcohol as well as other mind altering substances.. or just crazy amounts of ambition and surviving on a hope.. and I guess a prayer

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:31 pm

alaine wrote:
Sail Man wrote:
alaine wrote:what's the deal with all the crazy mid-westerners..?.
Ummm, its a long cold lonely winter and there's lots of alcohol around?
VERY VERY true..

it's lonely.. cold.. and we have a vast amount of alcohol as well as other mind altering substances.. or just crazy amounts of ambition and surviving on a hope.. and I guess a prayer

And don't forget eplaya. That helps me get through the work day as well

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:14 pm

Sail Man wrote:
alaine wrote:
Sail Man wrote: Ummm, its a long cold lonely winter and there's lots of alcohol around? :wink:
VERY VERY true..

it's lonely.. cold.. and we have a vast amount of alcohol as well as other mind altering substances.. or just crazy amounts of ambition and surviving on a hope.. and I guess a prayer :)
And don't forget eplaya. That helps me get through the work day as well :D

Just think. If you were peasants working someone else's land, you'd be Russian crazy.

Daddy-O · Post by **Daddy-O** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:59 am

I like secondary drugs. As a matter of fact, I like primary drugs as well. Oh what the hell I like all drugs.

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:07 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:
Sail Man wrote:
alaine wrote: VERY VERY true..

it's lonely.. cold.. and we have a vast amount of alcohol as well as other mind altering substances.. or just crazy amounts of ambition and surviving on a hope.. and I guess a prayer
And don't forget eplaya. That helps me get through the work day as well
Just think. If you were peasants working someone else's land, you'd be Russian crazy.

I'll remember that when I go on call's to the upper class Dacha's where I work. Shit, some of them have bedrooms bigger then my trailer.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 5:34 pm

Sail Man wrote:
theCryptofishist wrote:
Sail Man wrote: And don't forget eplaya. That helps me get through the work day as well :D
Just think. If you were peasants working someone else's land, you'd be Russian crazy.
:lol: I'll remember that when I go on call's to the upper class Dacha's where I work. Shit, some of them have bedrooms bigger then my trailer. :shock:

Bigger than your still?